Rich black velvet lined in blood red, black leather, jewel encrusted accessories, and generous helpings of lace. Givenchy‘s Fall 2010 collection had a familiar Gothic feel to it, this time intermixed with wetsuit-style neoprene – an element of the current sports and scuba obsession – unzipped downwards from the hips.

Givenchy’s woman is at times perfectly dandy, and almost always darkly sexy. For more pictures from Fall 2010 scroll down the page.